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Anonymous   01-13-2002 at 09:44:52 PM

Just purchased a Radeon 8500 (retail) and have run into several problems. In DirectX Diag, the directx8 hardware acceleration tests fail and in 3dmark2001 it fails to run because it says my hardware is not directx compatible. I thought the 8500 was dx8 compatible. In the process of downloading latest drivers but i don't think that will help. Any ideas on why and what to do?

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starwrs3   01-13-2002 at 11:26:05 PM
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did you use the drivers that came on the cd cause they are realy bad try going to rage3d.com and downloading some of teh leaked drivers

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AMD_Man   01-14-2002 at 12:11:20 AM
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What graphics card did you have before? You're probably experiencing a conflict between your old drivers of your previous graphics card and your new drivers. I suggest reformatting your hard drive and reinstalling everything over again.

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camieabz   01-14-2002 at 12:19:14 AM
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I suggest reformatting your hard drive and reinstalling everything over again.



I suggest kicking the computer again in case its not fvcked.

A bit extreme I think.

Try Re-installing DX. Downgrade gfx. Uninstall all ATI software. Re-install ATI software. Upgrade gfx.

If that doesn't work then kick the computer twice. :smile:

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AMD_Man   01-14-2002 at 12:34:14 AM
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I suggest kicking the computer again in case its not fvcked.

A bit extreme I think.

Try Re-installing DX. Downgrade gfx. Uninstall all ATI software. Re-install ATI software. Upgrade gfx.

If that doesn't work then kick the computer twice.


lol, that's what I always do after every upgrade.

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